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Galena Park Schools








                                                        GUIDING  STUDENTS  TOWARD  THE  FUTURE

                                             Volume 8, No. 3                          End-of-Year Edition                                         May 2020


                                                  COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS


           Galena Park Schools



                                             As we reflect on the Spring semester, we thank you for your
                                             patience and understanding during this unprecedented
                                             time. We know this semester has not been easy, but with
                                             the support of the community, our stakeholders and
                                             District staff, we have successfully completed the Spring
                                             ‘at-home’ semester!


                                             First and foremost, we would like to thank YOU for
                                             becoming an at-home teacher to your child(ren) and
                                             helping them manage their assignments and other
                                             learning experiences throughout the course of the
                                             pandemic. We hope during this time you and your
                                             family have shared laughs and felt a renewed sense of the importance
               Inside this issue:            of family time. We have heard stories of mothers teaching their children how to cook, big
                                             brothers and sisters helping their younger siblings with school work and fathers playing sports
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           Words For Our Seniors
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           Words To Live By                                                                 We are also reminded of how blessed we are that our
         Page 4                                                                             Superintendent, Board of Trustees, Student Nutrition
           Making A Difference                                                              Department, Curriculum and Instruction Department,
           Learning From Home                                                               Communication Services Department, Custodial
         Page 5                                                                             Services Department, Technology Department,
           We Thank You For All You Do                                                      principals, teachers and many others have worked
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           Teachers and Principals of the                                                   tirelessly to help us “flatten the curve” of the spread of
           Year                                                                             the COVID-19 virus. Their work throughout the school
         Page 7                                                                             closure has kept our students moving forward, pursuing
           Dazzling Diamonds                                                                excellence in all areas of life.
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           A Legacy of Excellence            Our Student Nutrition Department has served over 300,000
         Page 10-11                          meals to our community since the beginning of the school
           GPISD At-Home Learning
         Page 12                             closure; our Curriculum and Instruction Department and our
           Summer Meals Program              teachers have continued to provide school work for our
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           Encuentra todos los artículos en   has responded to hundreds of questions and provided
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                                             The success we have achieved with distance learning
                                             would not be possible without our dedicated principals,
                                                                                          assistant principals,
                                                                                          counselors, teachers and all of the campus staff
                                                                                           who have worked around the clock to ensure students
                                                                                           have the proper tools necessary to continue learning
                                                                                           at home. We have seen so many teachers conducting
                                                                                            Zoom meetings with their students and providing
                                                                                            tutoring sessions to ensure they are understanding the
                                                                                            material.


                                                                                             We miss all of our students and staff dearly and
                                                                                             cannot wait until we can all be together again. Until
                                                                                             that day comes, we hope you all enjoy your time with
                                                                                             your families and enjoy the summer break.
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